It's easy to play the Sarabande from Bach's Suite No. 2 as a slow, expressive line...and miss what holds it together underneath.

In this free lesson segment, Matt Haimovitz unpacks the pulse of the Sarabande and why both the first and second beats of each bar carry weight.

He also shows how that two-beat impulse shapes tempo, phrasing, and bow distribution.


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